"I am extremely sorry for this horrible accident," Hartigan said. "I ask for your forgiveness. I understand your feelings of anger. I know you live with this every day. I truly never intended for this to happen."

Hartigan pleaded guilty last month to one count of second-degree vehicular manslaughter. She was sentenced to 1 2/3 to 5 years in prison and must pay $2,200 in restitution.

She admitted that she was drunk when she lost control of a GMC Sonoma pickup truck, skidded off Route 9J near Stony Point Road in Castleton and hit a tree, killing Walter.

"We had been drinking all day and my (blood alcohol content percentage) of .13 impaired my judgment in taking that ride and that crash," Hartigan told Judge Andrew Ceresia at the time of her plea.

An indictment handed up in August charged Hartigan with three counts of second-degree vehicular manslaughter, two counts of DWI, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, failure to maintain lane and a count of driving while impaired by drugs and alcohol.

The indictment stated that Hartigan also was also under the influence of the tranquilizer diazepam, also known as Valium.

The women had driven to a store in East Greenbush and were on their way back to Hartigan's home at the time of the crash, police said.

Cans of Coors Light beer were found in the wreck, police said at the time.